diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-ddprof/src/main/java/com/datadog/profiling/ddprof/DatadogProfiler.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-ddprof/src/main/java/com/datadog/profiling/ddprof/DatadogProfiler.java
index 2e959387796..21aa4564d58 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-ddprof/src/main/java/com/datadog/profiling/ddprof/DatadogProfiler.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-ddprof/src/main/java/com/datadog/profiling/ddprof/DatadogProfiler.java
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ String cmdStartProfiling(Path file) throws IllegalStateException {
               + "This is not recommended and may cause instability and crashes.",
           safemode);
     }
-    StringBuilder cmd = new StringBuilder("start,jfr=7");
+    StringBuilder cmd = new StringBuilder("start,jfr");
     cmd.append(",file=").append(file.toAbsolutePath());
     cmd.append(",loglevel=").append(getLogLevel(configProvider));
     cmd.append(",jstackdepth=").append(getStackDepth(configProvider));
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index fa57ec27f40..eed366ef9d7 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ moshi = '1.11.0'
 testcontainers = '1.20.1'
 jmc = "8.1.0"
 autoservice = "1.0-rc7"
-ddprof = "1.21.0"
+ddprof = "1.21.1"
 asm = "9.7.1"
 cafe_crypto = "0.1.0"
 lz4 = "1.7.1"